PARIS - The EU's anti-fraud body has accused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and associates of embezzling around €600,000 during their time as MEPs, French website Mediapart said on Saturday , quoting a new report.Le Pen goes head-to-head with incumbent Emmanuel Macron in the second round of presidential elections.Mediapart published extracts from the new report by OLAF into expenses that political groups can make as part of their mandate as MEPs.
The report points the finger at Le Pen and three other former members of the European parliament including her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, her ex-partner Louis Aliot and former far-right MEP Bruno Gollnisch.According to the report, Le Pen personally embezzled around €137,000 worth of public money from the Strasbourg parliament when she was an MEP between 2004 and 2017.
He added that Le Pen"has not been summoned by any French judicial authority" and slammed the failure to send him or Le Pen the final report. The Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP that it had received the report on March 11, which it was currently assessing.
straits_times Stupid. Just like accusing JBJ?
She’s a far right politician. Corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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